Today’s Headlines
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Monday’s Headlines
Bike commuters arrive at work happier than those who drive or take the bus, according to an obvious University of Minnesota study. (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) Most Uber rides are trips that would otherwise be made by transit, bike or on foot. (NBC News) Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are planning to go on strike in … Continued
April 29, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are scheduled to meet Tuesday to talk infrastructure. (Transport Topics) Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood — a Republican who worked in the Obama Administration — called the U.S. “one big pothole” and endorsed a hike in gas taxes in a Bloomberg interview. St. … Continued
April 26, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
With scooters surpassing docked bike-shares as the car alternative of choice, Curbed highlights five cities — Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis and Ithaca, N.Y. — that are expanding bike-shares into underserved communities, for example by reaching out to seniors and Spanish speakers, investing public money and offering more types of bikes. In addition, Indianapolis’s Pacers Bikeshare … Continued
April 25, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines
Fining poor people for walking won’t keep them from dying — only redesigning roads to be safe for everyone will do that. (Talk Poverty) Now that Uber and Lyft have shareholders who will pressure them to turn a profit, the era of cheap fares is over. (Fox Business) A Georgetown University study of Washington, D.C. … Continued
April 24, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
The micro-mobility revolution might be drawing nearer, but it’s not here yet. Rides on shared bikes and scooters doubled between 2017 and 2018, showing a thirst for alternatives to cars. But three quarters of Americans still drive to work alone — a figure that’s barely budged since 2010. (City Lab) Working with the same National … Continued
April 23, 2019
Monday’s Headlines
City Lab maps out where traffic pollution is most likely to give children asthma: Spoiler alert: the Northeast, the Great Lakes region and Southern California. Asthma attacks are one reason why a Guardian columnist says cars are killing us, and we have to phase them out within 10 years. But there are also plenty of … Continued
April 21, 2019
Friday’s Headlines
America is falling back in love with streetcars, but is it nostalgia? Mobility Lab points out that what people really want is frequent, reliable and cheap transit service, whether it’s on tracks or tires. Streetcars once provided that, but there was a reason cities ditched them for buses in the first place. “Portable benefits” like … Continued
April 19, 2019
Thursday’s Headlines
Grist has a must-read story about how I-980 destroyed the black neighborhood of West Oakland and why the city now wants to replace it with parks and affordable housing. Though it’s not so simple as that! Turns out, paint is not a force field (as Streetsblog previously reported). Australian researchers discovered that drivers pass cyclists … Continued
April 18, 2019
Wednesday’s Headlines
Even in car-happy California, people looking for housing in Los Angeles increasingly want to live near transit — which is reflected in real estate listings that emphasize proximity to Metrolink rail and subway stops. (Housing Wire) Younger Republicans are breaking with President Trump over climate change. Most believe that the climate is already changing, and … Continued
April 17, 2019
Tuesday’s Headlines
Traffic fumes cause as many as 4 million cases of asthma a year among kids, according to a new study. Experts hope the study will spur cities to curb air pollution by improving transit, replacing bus fleets and incentivizing electric vehicles. (QZ) More Uber IPO hot takes: Uber spends a big chunk of its IPO … Continued
April 16, 2019